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The Opium Eater by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven , the opium poppy. Although the anesthetic properties of the milky, latex sap of the opium poppy... didn't ban opium use as it did alcohol, the opium trade flourished in the Arab world from the 7th...
U.K. Expands Production of Homegrown Opium by Dirk H. Patient Expert and Hertfordshire have been converted to opium production. The result, according to the London Daily Mail, is "an... of supply." Meanwhile, British troops have sustained casualties in an attempt to combat the soaring opium...
No Opium For Baby.... by Andrea L. Patient Expert Last night as the evening wound to a close, everything in Mommy Land seemed to be ok. Michaela took her usual evening nap and we took a short little walk around the neighborhood to wind down the day. We got ready for bed as
Gone, baby, gone by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven It appears that opium harvests greatly exceed demand for heroin and no one seems to know where the excess heroin is.
Happiness quotation from G. K. Chesterton by Gretchen R. Patient Expert "There are no chains of houses; there are no crowds of men. The colossal diagram of streets and houses is an illusion, the opium dream of a speculative builder. Each of these men is supremely solitary...
Treatments for Opioid Withdrawal by SuboxDoc Patient ExpertHealth MavenFacebook I have written about this topic multiple times, but perhaps a summary is appropriate.  More and more evidence and clinical experience suggest that buprenorphine is best considered a long-term ‘remission agent’ for opioid de
Proglumide by SuboxDoc Patient ExpertHealth MavenFacebook understanding of the myriad interactions involved in opiate tolerance and not a single cure, but rather a number...
Codeine Blues: End of the Line for an Opiate with Issues by Dirk H. Patient Expert . Unlike other opiates, codeine is very unpredictable in its interactions with an enzyme called CYP2D6...
The opiate of the masses feels p... by Eric W. Patient Expert The opiate of the masses feels pretty good. According to one study, being religious may be helpful in fighting panic. To wit: "Importance of religion was a predictor of...symptom improvement at 1 year... This study suggest
Detox from Opiates Addiction by Methods of Healing Patient ExpertComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Opiate addiction is one of the fastest growing drug addiction problems. There is no easy cure and there are no guarantees that you won’t relapse.  It takes admitting you have a problem, seeking treatment for the problem and

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Availability of "Tincture of Opium"
I have recently had a protracted issue with being able to get my opium due to Mfg. breakdown... as well.I personally use quite a lot of opium because I've been using it for quite some time (aprox. 10....D. Availability of "Tincture of Opium" You raise a good point for which I have no ready answer. Interruption...crap

Prime Minister Rudd's Afghanistan Opium Campaign "Risks HIV Plague"
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and allies who want to destroy opium poppies in Afghanistan... as a way to undercut the financing of terrorists through the opium trade. But the strategy would push up the price of opium and lead many drug users to switch from eating or smoking opium to injecting heroin...crap

Sex Becomes Main Source of AIDS Spread in Drugs-Plagued China Province
Although Yunnan borders Asia's infamous opium-producing "Golden Triangle" region, health authorities in the southwestern Chinese province say sex has overtaken drug use as the leading cause of HIV transmission there. During the first 10 months of 2010, 71 percent of new HIV infections were linked to sexual...crap

Afghanistan Bombing Could Cause AIDS Explosion
The US-led attacks on Afghanistan will eventually disrupt the flow of opium from one of the world's top suppliers and could cause heroin-injecting to surge in neighboring Pakistan, leading... on the United States as Afghanistan's opium stocks were unloaded. But the flood of heroin slowed...crap

Afghanistan's Opium Trade Undermines Pakistan's Efforts to Control Domestic Spread of HIV, Health Minister Says
Afghanistan's opium trade is undermining Pakistan's efforts to control the spread of HIV...'s opium production, the raw material for heroin, to successfully reduce the virus' spread. "We....N. Office on Drugs and Crimes said recently that Afghanistan's opium harvest reached a record high this year...crap

Afghanistan's Opium Poppies Fuel Drug Abuse and Spread of AIDS
's cultivation of opium poppies continues to rise, fueling both heroin abuse and the rapid spread of HIV. Heroin... of HIV cases: 5.3 million people, according to 2002 UN figures. Under the Taliban, which banned opium... of the Taliban, Afghanistan regained its position as the world's top opium supplier. Production rebounded to 3...crap

Thailand: Golden Triangle Clinic Offers Hope to Foreign HIV/AIDS Patients
The Chiang Saen hospital is five miles from the center of the opium-producing Golden Triangle, where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet and where drug use and sex work are rife. The pioneering Thai clinic is famous for miles around for its treatment of HIV/AIDS patients regardless of their nationality...crap

Management of diarrhea
Are there long term affects in the use of standostatin? If there is what are they, and how long can it be used? Is it better or no difference to use opium tincture? I have a patient who has 3 t-cells, cryptococcus, v/l over 150,000 and can not take HAART.Thanks,Irene, TEA Keith Henry, M.D. Management...crap

I found help for gas/diarrhea
I finally found something that works. Tincture of Opium. The diarrhea is now controlled... out more about: What are the addiction risks re Tincture of Opium, and what is the maximum safe dose? I am up to 6 drops every 4 hours. Keith Henry, M.D. I found help for gas/diarrhea Tincture of opium has a long...crap

Diabetes Treatments of Yesteryear
for diabetes, they suggest, is opium, or the opium derivative codeine, which should be given in increasing doses to 3 grains 3 times a day. I sort of thought hanging out in an opium den would be more interesting than taking pills, but I looked in the Yellow Pages and couldn't find any opium dens listed in my area...crap